Fire kindler



yJune 24, 1930. C, Km E -r AL 1,767,293

FIRE. KINDLER @@Mwh Patented June 24, 1930 Y i Y UNITED STATES PATENT ortie CHRIS KREI AND FRED KREI, F SAMOA, CALIFORNIA Y FIRE. KINDLEB,

Application led April 7, 1928. Serial No. 268,254.

. The present invention relates to improvepaper may be readily ignited with a match ments in fire kindlers, and has for its prinand the entire re kindler placedin a stove, cipal object to provide, as an improved arfire place or furnace, in which wood or other ticle of manufacture, a fire kindler that will, fuel has been previously placed. The

6 at all times, be positive and eflicient in twisted ends 3 further tend to fasten the 55 carrying out the purposes for which it is wrapper or binder in place. As the paper designed. binder and the burlap body are both coatedV One of the important objects of the preswith paraffin wax, the same are rendered ent invention is to provide a fire kindler highly inflammable, thus producing a flame 10 which will eliminate the necessity of having which will ignite fuel and the Wax will C0 to start a fire, in a stove, fire-place or melt and run off into the fuel to further furnace, with paper, shavings, or other cominsure proper ignition of the fuel. bustible material. By providing afire kindler of this'char- A still further object is to provide a tire acter, the use of paper, shavings or other kindler, which is simple in construction, incombustible material, used as a fire lindler G5 expensive, strong and durable, and further will be eliminated. The simplicity of our well adapted to the purpose for which it is fire kindler enables the same to be manudesigned. factured at a very low cost.

i Other objects of the invention will become Thile we have shown the preferred emapparent as the nature of the invention probodiment of our invention, it is to be under- 70 ceeds and when taken in connection with stood that minorchanges in size, shape, and the accompanying drawing. arrangement of parts may be resorted to,

Y In the accompanying drawing, forming a without departing froml the spirit of the part of this application, and in which like invention and the scope of the appended numerals designate like parts throughout claims. c 4 the several views; Having thus described our invention,

Figure l is a'detail perspective View vof what we claim as new is: the wax covered piece of fabric that forms 1. A fire lrindler of the class described an important part of the present invention. comprising a piece of burlap coated on both Figure 2 is a side elevation of the piece sides with paraffin wax, said fabric being 80 of burlap wrapped spirally and conned wound into a'spiral body, a binder of wax within a binder of wax paper, the latter paper ,wrapped around the spirally Wound being shown in section. body of burlap, the ends of the binder ex- Figure 3 is asectional vieW, taken appIOX- tending beyond the respective ends of the 3* imately on the line 3-3 of Figure 2, and spirally wound body, the ends of the binder S5 Figure 4 is a detail perspective view of being twisted. the fire kindler per se. 2. A ire kindler comprising a piece of In thel drawing, wherein for the purpose burlap coated with parafline wax, said piece d of illustration is shown the preferred emof burlap being' reduced to a spiral body,

0 bodiment of my invention, the numeral 1 and an inflammable covering enclosing and 90 designates a rectangular shaped piece of Secured 0n the body of burlap,

burlap that is coated on both sides with In testimony whereof we alix our signa parafn wax. This burlap piece of matetures. Y

rial is reduced to a spiral body as is clearly CHRIS KREI.

45 shown in Figures 2 and 4 of the drawing. FRED KREI. 95

The wax paper which is rolled around the burlap body extends beyond the ends of the spirally wrapped body, and the lends of this wax binder are twisted as shown at 3 in Figure 4, whereby either end of the wax 

